SamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agoCountdown supermarkets to rebrand back to Woolworthswww.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkCountdown supermarkets to rebrand back to Woolworthswww.stuff.co.nzSamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-square2tapry@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI had no idea where the name came from, so went looking: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/woolworths-is-only-called-woolworths-because-of-a-cheeky-dare-in-1924/news-story/670a3c3d6980e0691f524b1b80f9d345 What a weird way to name a business… TLDR; Chatterton’s, no, Christmas, no, Wallworths Bazaar Ltd, almost but no…Woolworths! Yes. Definetly Woolies, not woolies!
I had no idea where the name came from, so went looking:
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/woolworths-is-only-called-woolworths-because-of-a-cheeky-dare-in-1924/news-story/670a3c3d6980e0691f524b1b80f9d345
What a weird way to name a business…
TLDR; Chatterton’s, no, Christmas, no, Wallworths Bazaar Ltd, almost but no…Woolworths! Yes.
Definetly Woolies, not woolies!